• RANZCOG Writing Competition for Senior Secondary School Students

    Each year The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) invites senior secondary students residing in Aotearoa New Zealand or Australia to apply for the Liam and Frankie Davison Award for outstanding achievement in literary writing on Women’s Health. (RANZCOG aims to provide an inclusive and welcoming space to all who […]

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  • 2025 Summer Open Reading Period

    July 1 – August 31 (postmark or online submission-date)  Throughout the months of July & August, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages) and chapbook-length poetry collections (28-47 pages). Selected manuscripts will receive publication by Tupelo Press, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and […]

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  • Ink of Ages Fiction Prize

    Deadline: August 29, 2025 (All Day) The Ink of Ages Fiction Prize is an international short story contest organized by World History Encyclopedia and sponsored by Oxford University Press . If you write historical or mythology-inspired short fiction, you can enter your story. The contest is free to enter and accepts submissions in English from […]

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  • Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement

    Do you have a favourite New Zealand writer you think should be honoured for their outstanding mahi? You have until Wednesday 2 July at 1.00pm to tell us about them. Help us celebrate and recognise the literary excellence and achievements of New Zealand writers by making a nomination fo the 2025 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. […]

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  • Proverse Publishing Prizes

    We invite all who write creatively to enter for one or both of the International Proverse Prizes. All, who are 18 years old or over, are eligible to enter, irrespective of nationality, citizenship or residence, gender, previous writing or publishing experience, or other usual constraints applied to literary prizes. The entered work needs to be […]

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  • 2025 NFFD Competition Winners

    Congratulations to this year’s winners, announced June 22 at events across Aotearoa! All long-listed stories will be published at the end of June. Watch Flash Frontier for updates. ADULT FIRST The Golden Glove by Claris Harvey, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland SECOND The imaginary boss by Gretchen Carroll, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland THIRD Saturday evening lessons by Jack […]

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  • The Master’s Review Reprint Prize

    The Masters Review is once again asking for your previously published work! Returning for the third year, the 2025 Reprint Prize will be open for submissions of previously published prose (under 6,000 words) from June 15 to June 29, 2025. Any fiction or creative nonfiction published prior to June 1, 2024, is eligible. We want […]

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  • The Alchemy Spoon Seeking Poetry Submission

    Genre: Poetry, essays on poetry topics, and cover art. Deadline: June 30th. Theme: Food. The Alchemy Spoon is a journal of poetry published by Clayhanger Press. They have a special interest in showcasing writing by “new phase” poets: “poets who have come late to poetry, often following retirement, or a life-change.”  You can get a […]

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  • Dan Davin Literary Awards Entries 2025

    Deadline: By 5 PM, Friday, 1st August 2025 Categories: Students – Creative Writing Participants may submit up to three entries, each in a different genre. Word limits: Prose: 1,000–1,500 words per entry Poetry: Up to 1,000 words Senior Students: Year 11–13 secondary students, under 19 years old as of 31st December 2024. Junior Students: Year […]

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  • Top ten writers ‘pushing the needle forward in Aotearoa’ announced in new campaign

    The country’s ten best upcoming authors to read and follow have been selected in the inaugural New Voices of Aotearoa List. They are: Wellington essayist Una Cruickshank; Raglan journalist, videographer and nature writer Kate Evans; Gisborne trapper, environmentalist and author Sam Gibson; Auckland actor, producer, radio host and author Matt Heath; Christchurch editor and writer of techno-thrillers, science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction Judy Mohr; Wellington […]

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  • Storylines Notable Book Awards Entries Open

    Since 1999 Storylines has produced an annual list of outstanding books for children and young people published by New Zealand authors and illustrators during the previous calendar year. This annual lists of Storylines Notable Books ensures that children, whānau, teachers, librarians and the public are aware of the large range of high quality New Zealand […]

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  • 2025 NFFD Short Lists

    alphabetically by title Please refrain from linking your name with your story title while judges are still deliberating. ADULT Badger Counting Story Eternity Hitler’s Elephant How it is Prepper Randy Muses on Juniper Street Roots Saturday evening lessons The Brain is So Bitter The Golden Glove The Imaginary Boss YOUTH 2:38 am Branches Elephant eyes […]

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